Daily Archives: July 8, 2016

First Solar Makes The Right Move By Abandoning Its Bet On Silicon Panels

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First Solar, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer, will abandon its foray into the high-efficiency silicon-based solar modules that it began developing in 2013 as a hedge against the competitiveness of its proprietary thin film Cadmium Telluride (Cd-Te) technology. The firm noted that it will take a one time non-cash charge of between $90 million to $110 million this year in this regard, while its operating costs could reduce by about $8 million to $10 million annually.  Below, we take a look at some of the possible reasons for the exit and why its likely to be beneficial to First Solar.

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After Elizabeth Holmes’s 2-Year Ban, Will Theranos Be Worth More?

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Theranos announced July 7 that the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) had decided (among other sanctions) to ban Elizabeth Holmes — the founder and CEO of 13-year-old Palo Alto-based blood testing startup Theranos — from owning or operating a medical lab for two years.

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When Corporate Training is ROI-focused and Individualized, Everybody Wins

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It’s time to reimagine—and democratize—corporate training. In too many companies, training is seen either as C-suite perk or a reward to the internal department that makes the best pitch for the available dollars.  There is a better way to view and implement corporate training; it should be return on investment (ROI)-focused and individualized.

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Qlik’s Challenge: The Agony and Ecstasy of the Platform Sale

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One of the biggest challenges facing both vendors and buyers of technology is how to solve the most problems with the least amount of technology. This is a timeless debate that has ebbed and flowed throughout the history of the software industry. At times, it seems like buying the best components and knitting them together seems like the best idea. Often this is the case when new areas are just being figured out. Later on, once the work that needs to be done is better understood, vendors offer integrated solutions that combine many components and services integrated together to make using everything simpler and allow many more problems to be solved.

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